please give me some more details of the problem.
Which app do you mean, the CastNow Browser or the CastNow for Chromecast?
Where do you have only the words “CastNow”, on your television or on your iPad?
Which kind of movie/photo did you try to cast? (If it’s the browser, tell me the website, otherwise: is it a movie taken with your ipad? Or transfered via iTunes?)

Thank you very much for providing these informations to improve the app!

the app does not cast the browser content itself to the Chromecast.
As the description states, it detects videos on websites, which can then be casted to your TV.
When a video is detected, the “Play” button in the toolbar becomes active and you start streaming by clicking it.

I think some people may be misinterpreting the following sentence from the app description:

“With the CastNow Browser you can surf the web and stream all MPEG-4s directly to your Chromecast device (…)”

It may help if the description were a little more specific about how they use the interface. For example, maybe something like the following:

“With the CastNow Browser you can surf the web from your iOS device, select an MPEG-4 video, and then watch as the video is streamed directly to your Chromecast device. Note that web pages are not displayed through Chromecast. Instead, just the selected video is.”

I also recommend telling people that Amazon Instant Video is not supported due to DRM or whatever (if App Store guidelines let you say that). I know that some Cromecast owners really want to be able to have Amazon work through Chromecast…

i paid to download your app. all i get is a white screen that says is albums and shows a background that looks like lined paper. i bought it to send my pictures and videos to my chromecast from my ipad 3. what am i doing wrong? i dont see any settings or anything that i can change… at a loss.

the app does not cast the browser content itself to the Chromecast.
As the description states, it detects videos on websites, which can then be casted to your TV.
When a video is detected, the “Play” button in the toolbar becomes active and you start streaming by clicking it.

I have an iPhone 5 and I’m using CastNow for Chrome cast to play my camera roll videos that I have shot with my phone. My problem is on every single video I have on my camera roll the voices are out of sync . I’ve tired changing quality settings, re start the phone, taking the app off the memory and re starting it and it continues to be out of sync. Please help me fix this or is this a bug that needs to be fixed? If so I would like a refund until this is fixed. Thank You

I have an iPhone 5 using CastNow to play my camera roll video. I have tired playing all the videos on my camera roll and every video lve played the audio is out of sync. I’ve tired changing the quality settings, restarting the phone, deleting and reinstalling the app and taking the app off the memory and starting it back up. Still all audio for the videos are out of sync. If this is a current bug issue I would like a refund until this issue is fix. Thank You

Hi,
I’ve just downloaded your castnow for browser app for the ipad and ran it for the first time. I did a simple search for the word Test in google and then pressed the cast icon, it found my chromecast and then presented on the TV the word CastNow but nothing else has happened. Could you tell me if I am missing something?
Many thanks
Lawrence

the app does not cast the browser content itself to the Chromecast.
As the description states, it detects videos on websites, which can then be casted to your TV.
When a video is detected, the “Play” button in the toolbar becomes active and you start streaming by clicking it.

for YouTube it is the best to use the native YouTube app for casting, because Youtube changes it’s video URLs very often and has a special Auth mechnism.
For dailymotion we just found a fix and will bring an update within the next week.

Thanks, Marco! The addition of m4v files will easily double the number of videos I can watch with this browser (some pages only have m4v, which is different from the two samples that have both mp4 and m4v).

Thanks again, Marco. I haven’t seen this behavior with other app support web sites, but I understand why you do this. You may want to add a this information to the top of the page so that people like me don’t try testing with multiple comments when they think the site isn’t working

Thanks for the update to he CastNow Browser. I will test it with my TV. In the mean time, I notice that a video’s full file name is not shown on some sites. I think it might be due to the length of the file name. For example, one file name is ijwsltn_ASL_004_r240P.m4v. The CastNow Browser lists it as:

domain.name/…/ijw…

As you can see the file name is cut off. That’s not bad if the site only has a few videos. However, the given page has 40 video files that can be launched. If you need any additional info let me know.

One other thing I see using the latest update – it looks like each video file is listed twice. For example, the following two pages are from different site. The CastNow Browser appears to be listing each page’s video file links twice:

I just purchased and it don’t work. I want my money back!!! I went to different websites and the play button do appear. I finally found a website that the play button appears and it only plays the sound. App just don’t work!!!!

which websites have you tried?
We really want to add support for as many websites as possible. Unfortunately the Chromecast device is restricted to only a few video formats/codecs. If your websites provide one of these codecs we can easily improve the app to play those files on your TV.

First off, i love the app i believe its very simple to use and the way its structured is excellent.
Keep working hard at improving the app as I’m looking forward to updates and it becoming even better. There is nothing like this on the app store at the moment (easy to use, quick loading) so keep working at making this the best. It will soon become a asset to have this with the Chromecast.

A few improvements i have thought of, some have been mentioned before….

* The video options made bigger and more responsive with a video seek line, to be able to skip faster and easier.

*A recently played option with a list of the videos that have been played last to quick skip to them?

I know that the CC is very limited to what file types can be played but if it plays on a IPad or IPhone does that mean the CC can play it?
If you can get the CC to play a sport streaming website that currently plays on the IPad then this will be a great a very sort after app.
Website such as;http://www.frombar.com/
(Only some video links)

thanks for your suggestions for improvements. We will definitely realize some of them in future versions.
I have tried many sport streaming sites. But all of them rely on RTMP protocol or Flash player. Both is not supported by Chromecast

we’ve just added support for ddizi.org. The new version will be released wihtin a week, once Apple has approved it.
There are various sites out there that work, e.g. burning-series, icefilms, movie4k. Most of them link to different streaming providers. We have good experience with Ecostream, Streamcloud, Primeshare.
The new version will also support the streaming provider Hugefiles.

I just want to say that keep up the work and and just stay focus , k and the browser is a a bit lagy and freezes up to be forced close on iphone 4 , on the main hud slows down and scrolling is impossible.yes i know this app for chromecast does not cast browser page but it should be freezing on my iphone. Chromecast is an hdmi quality in both video and sound but ur app lacks load times in both areas..maybe u should go with a black background for better loading times and perhaps have the video load up on pause with a self pause time before the i on can be pressed.so i hope this helps u in perfecting this app to work how it should be and just work out the lag, and load times befor u start messing around withe the codecs because ur just go to lag more on us (overworking the problem) :-/ ty for ur time and keep ur work area clear and have a great day!!

Ok I may be confused… But how can you even get to a video if it crashes every time I select any link. I also don’t understand why it takes so long to respond to any command — whether it be searching, casting, or just clicking a link. I have iPod 4 is this not compatible??? I have not been able to get anything to work. Good idea but I’m a lil disappointed. You can cast YouTube vids so when I expected vids from browser I thought about shows I wanted to see that have an online presence. Is that not the case???? Please help and/or update soon!

In Apple’s App Store the developer/publisher of an app doesn’t get any detailed sales data (on a user base or similar). All I can see is the number of downloads at the end of the month.
So I don’t have to possibility to rollback anything. Maybe Apple can do that, you should clarify with Apple support.

Hello
You ask for examples on websites that the browser doesn’t support.
Movielocker.dk is a Common moviesite in Denmark – castnow says that no video is detetected – i Think its mp4 – even though the video is running (also before start of the video).
On the main page you have a test clip.
Fixing that would please a lot of Danes.

actually it is an HLS stream, which is supported by Chromecast.
But unfortunately Movielocker blocks access to the stream descriptor and video files for third parties (requests not coming from their own flash player).

Can you please add support for mydootv.com ? I think at one point some videos I watched from there worked but now they don’t (unless they updated how they upload the video, but another app I use is still have to detect the video and send it to my ChromeCast!)

The previouse update added dreamfilm.se and I successfully watched some videos from that site via the cast browser however I have just installed your latest update and dreamfilm.se no longer works. It now displays the not found any compatible videos message.

I have tried to play the exact same video I watched last time so the excuse of “that maybe a non compatible” video is not applicable here.

Please also advise as to g2g.fm and it’s compatibility.

I also note that the stability of the browser is terrible it is the only app I have on my ad that continually lags or crashes irrespective of which website I am on.

I note your comment on the App Store about people should leave a message before posting negative comments…??? Are you serious? The consumer is not here to do version testing for you. If you represent and warrant that the app is to a standard that is to say commercially sound and materially serves it’s purpose then you must take all comments as they are.

The consumer is well within his or her rights to pass comment. Please note that companies release BETA versions for free if they are testing thereby collecting all necessary testing and improvements before officially releasing and accepting payment.

I would go as far as saying persons maybe entitled (depending on their jurisdiction) to seek remedial or equitable action against yourself and or whichever commercial entity that legally holds itself as the owner of said software or app.

I look forward to this “app” being improved within commercially acceptable levels as can be expected of any app and or software that is commercially released to the consumer.

Come on guys we expect much much better. The potential for this app is immense just do your homework first before releasing!!!

Just checked after installing 2.0.1 and still having the same problem with dreamfilm.se. Have tried a few videos including one that worked previously before version 2.0 and the problem persists. Have ruled out all potential local causes: clearing the cache, clearing the cookies, resetting the app and restarting the device (both chromecast and iPad).

I did note that the app is much more stable now.

It may be an idea to incentivise this feedback/ support system you have in place so as to deliver the consumer with a much more refined end user experience as well as provide yourself an opportunity to iron out all the bugs and have a much more refined app that will receive allot more positive feedback and thereby more downloads.

If you require specifics in order identify the problem with dreamfilm please send me a message via the email address provided in the form completed to post this comment.

I purchased this app for the sole purpose of using it on the http://www.do4movie.com website that plays movies but all I see on my screen is CastNow. I will play the movie but it doesn’t detect anything.

the streaming providers at do4movie.com (123video, 247video, …) requires registration and authentication.
Those authentication details can not be transfered to the Chromecast device, therefore it is currently not posssible to cast videos from this site.

So, I round a website called 7ba.ru/video. On this website, your app works almost correctly. The only problem is that sometimes your app finds video and starts mirroring, but on the TV I can see only black, just black monitor. What’s the problem?

Thanks for making this app. It’s wonderful. Since I downloaded I was able to see movies from einthusan.com. Now after upgrading it today all of a sudden this app has stopped detecting the videos. Now it can’t play anything. Can you please check.

Hi Marco,
I ve just bought Castnow Browser for Chromecast, I use iPad to browse the movie online, but I can’t watch the movie on web site http://www.tunemovie.so. I am very disappointed. Would you please sort it out ASAP ? Thanks

It says the video format is not acceptable in Chromecast, which I don’t agree. “web video caster”, which is Android App, is supporting these two sites to streaming the videos to Chromecast via Android devices.

I am looking for the similar functionality in iPhone 5S (iOS 7.1.1 – latest).

these sites are using an HLS stream, but don’t send the required Headers to let Chromecast access the video files.
I think the Android app is using a different API, which is not available on iOS devices.
Sorry!

I am using iphone 5S with CastNow and trying to cast a 1 minute 4 seconds video to my TV but after waiting for 5 minutes the video was still not able to cast on the TV. The TV only show a still image of the beginning of the video. I have no problem casting photos to TV.
I have use another apps called “Photo Cast” and it took less than 10sec to cast the same video to my TV and the same video was showing on the TV without problem. Can you advise how to resolve this problem of CastNow?

I can’t reproduce the problem with the dreamfilm site. Which device are you using?
I’m sorry, but we can’t provide a list of all websites. There are so many out there we haven’t even known about, if users wouldn’t let us know here in the comments.
Furthermore there’s still not a clear jurisdiction in many countries if it’s legal or not to guide you to some kinds of streaming sites.

The UI doesn’t give me any option to select a video to play, only photos. Your description on the App Store says CastNow allows me to play videos as well as photos from my device (an iPad mini running iOS 7)?

it depends on where your videos are stored on your device.
Unfortunately Apple restricts access to videos from your “Videos” app. Only those videos which are available in your “Photos” (camera roll etc.) are accessible.

I purchased the ‘CastNow Browser for Chromecast’ (version 2.0.3 – updated on Jun 19, 2014) for my Iphone 5c (iOS 7.1.2) just yesterday, and I’m having trouble to cast ‘.mp4′ movies from sites like VK and DROPVIDEO.

It worked on Quicktime, VLC player for iOS, and can be lauched by Safari, Google Chrome and other Iphone browsers. However, on ‘CastNow Browser’, after several minutes of waiting, I got the message: “Unable to connect. ”

It is indeed a MP4 file and works on built-in Quicktime, VLC player for iOS, and also can be lauched by Safari, Google Chrome and others. However, on ‘CastNow Browser’, also after several minutes of waiting, I got the message: “Unable to connect. ”

Hello,
I cannot watch videos from sites like http://uptostream.com/rxsl1zcwg8x8
I get an error message saying that the application does not detect a video … I can play the video into the application but i can’t stream the video from my Ipad to my tv!
Do you have a solution?
Thanks in advance,
David.

it seems like this page needs some sort of authentication from the embedded player on the website which is playing the video.
Therefore it can’t be casted to Chromecast.
I will keep watching it, since the site itself is still in Beta status.

I downloaded cast browser on my iphone. Then I wen to einthusan.com and found a movie to watch using chromecast. When I hit the chromecast icon the words “castnow” appeared on my TV. There was no movie that was chromecasted.

Hi I’ve bin using your app for a while on putlocker.is but recently it has stopped working when I go onto the site and film I want to watch. The screen just goes white. The site yaself it working fine. But using it in your app it all freezes, can u fix this ASAP thank you.

Hi, thought I shud let u knw that putlocker is not supported, while some others like novamov are. Plz help with the putlocker I just bought the app btw, it’s worth it, but plz do smithing abt the putlocker format or even sockshare

all video types which are supported by the Chromecast device itself are currently supported. It seems like funimation is not sending the required Headers for the video stream, and therefore Chromecast denies playback. Unfortunately this is a security mechanism which Google forces. Apple just ignores the header information.

None of the videos on the below link will play. They say there is no video compatible with Chromecast, but I know that isn’t true because I was able to cast videos from the website with a different app on my android device. If I can’t watch any of these videos, which is why I bought the app, then I want my money back. Or I can contact my credit card company and file a dispute.

I tried some hosts from that side, e.g. divxstage, movshare.
For some reasons Chromecast sends a timeout to the iOS device, but still keeps loading, and after 2-3 minutes it starts playing the videos.
So just keep waiting and it will play.
Nonetheless we will try to fix the invalid error message.

Cast brower is no longer working after iOS 8 update. It just plays videos like a normal brower a with no option to cast to TV! When will this be fixed?! very inconvenient!!!! Scan button doesn’t even find videos anymore

Hello. I bought your castbrowser app for iPhone.
Streamed fullmetal alchemist brotherhood from Justdubs.tv and it worked fine.
Just opgraded to iOS 8, and now it can’t find any videos to cast, even though I also try to scan .

Hello.
I bought your castbrowser app for IOS, yesterday.
Streamed fullmetal alchemist brotherhood from justdubs.tv.
Worked fine.
But after I upgraded to IOS 8 today, it can not find any video to stream anymore. not even if I use the scan function .

App no longer works after iOS 8 update. I know the problem is not the website otherwise it wouldn’t have worked before. Need an update or money Back about to report it. This should have been fixed already

Great App! Provides exactly what I need for Chromecast BUT since IOS8 the app doesn’t ask if I want to stream videos to Chromecast anymore. I can still scan but this isn’t as efficient as before… Please fix this!

The CastBrowser App was working pretty good on my iPad. I could cast videos from CNN, MSNBC, ESPN. However,videos by Charlie Rose on http://www.bloomberg.com would play in the CastBrowser but would not cast to the TV.
Then about 3 days ago (09/18/2014 I think) I updated my iPad to ios8 (12A3365) and everything pretty much quit working in CastBrowser. I could not some videos in CastBrowser, but nothing would cast to the TV.
I was surprised I did not see anyone else reporting such a problem. Are you having trouble with ios8. Also I wish the videos would cast from http://www.bloomberg.com.
I liked your app quite well when it worked for me and hope you can tell me what to do to get it working again.

I’ve been using another device with ios7 and when trying to cast a movie I get an error message saying that video format is not supported by chromecast, even though it is a MP4 file. I disconnect & reconnect from chromecast thru the app and the movie begins to play. Many times I have to disconnect & reconnect from chromecast multiple times in order for the movie to play and not get the error message.

I love the CastNow app but since updating to ios8 it won’t work. Please please please tell me there is going to be an update. I can’t even find the app on the App Store anymore. I have tried to leave you 5 star feedback. Please can you help.

Hi I’m not sure if you are receiving messages. I recently updated to iOS 8 and now cannot get my app to work. I love you’re app too and I’m missing it. Do you have any plans for another update or can help me get it working again. Still works on my daughters iOS 7.